Bedclothes-holder



(No Model.)

D. E. MORGAN; BEDOLOTHES HOLDER.

No. 590,401. Patented Sept. 21,1897.

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DAVID E. MORGAN, OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

BEDCLOTHES-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent NO. 590,401, dated September21, 1897.

Application filed January 6, 1897. Serial No. 618,148. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Muscogee and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedclothes-Holders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clamp or holder, and particularly to aspring-holder, for bedclothing; and the object of the invention is toprovide a spring device for grasping and holding bed spreads or coversin place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spring-holder withpointed projections to pierce an article desired to be held in place bythe holder.

Other objects and advantages accruing from my improved construction willhereinafter be more fully disclosed in the specification and claims tofollow.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1is a perspective view of a holder constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of my holder closed. Fig. 3 is anelevation of a modified form of holder. Fig. 4 is anelevation of afurther modification.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the severalfigures of the drawings.

The holder consists of a single piece of wire of suitable size andstrength, which is bent centrally into a coil 1, forming a spring, andalso for a loop for suspending or attaching the holder. From thespring-coil 1 the wire is extended downwardly and outwardly to formspringarms 2, having shoulders 3. The arms 2 terminate in coils 4,formed by twisting the wire. The extreme ends 5 of the wire are pointedor sharpened and are bent at right angles to the coils 4 and projectfrom the latter at a different point on one coil from that on the othercoil, so that the points 5 stand one out of the plane of the other andwill not interfere with each other or with the coils 4, but willregister with the openings of the coils, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. AnS-shaped loop or keeper 6 is provided and is adapted to slip over theshoulders 3 to lock the spring-arms together.

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 3, the arms 8 extendsubstantially straight from the large coil 9 to the loops 7, and arepulled apart to have the points 10 pierce an article, said points beingcarried together by spring tension of the coil 9.

In the form shown in Fig. 4 the arms 11 project from a single twist 12and terminate in rounded ends 13, a link 14 being provided to lock thearms together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A holder, consisting of a single piece of wire bent to form a centralcoil, arms depending from the coil and terminating in coils, the ends ofthe wire being pointed and bent toward each other at right angles to theterminal coils, as set forth.

2. A holder comprising a single piece of .wire bent to form a centralcoil, arms depending from the coil and terminating in coils, the ends ofthe wire projecting toward each other from the said arms, as set forth.

3. A holder, comprising a single piece of wire bent to form a centralcoil, arms diverging from the said coil, and terminating in coils, ashoulder in each arm intermediate the central coil and the terminalcoils, pointed ends projecting toward each other from and at rightangles to the said terminal coils and an S-shaped keeper adapted toslide over the said shoulders to lock the arms in closed or clampedposition, as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID E. MORGAN.

Witnesses: V

W. M. MosEs, C. O. CROUCH.

